Three ordinary women are about to take on extraordinary step... Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home after graduating from Ole Miss. She may have a degree, but it is 1962, Mississippi, and her mother will not be happy till Skeeter has a ring on her finger. Skeeter would...  more

Three ordinary women are about to take on extraordinary step... Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home after graduating from Ole Miss. She may have a degree, but it is 1962, Mississippi, and her mother will not be happy till Skeeter has a ring on her finger. Skeeter would normally find solace with her beloved maid Constantine, the woman who raised her, but Constantine has disappeared and no one will tell Skeeter where she has gone. Aibileen is a black maid, a wise, regal woman raising her seventeenth white child. Something has shifted inside her after the loss of her own son, who died while his bosses looked the other way. She is devoted to the little girl she looks after, though she knows both their hearts may be broken. Minny, Aibileen's best friend, is short, fat, and perhaps the sassiest woman in Mississippi. She can cook like nobody's business, but she can't mind her tongue, so she's lost yet another job. Minny finally finds a position working for someone too new to town to know her reputation. But her new boss has secrets of her own. Seemingly as different from one another as can be, these women will nonetheless come together for a clandestine project that will put them all at risk. And why? Because they are suffocating within the lines that define their town and their times. And sometimes lines are made to be crossed.

At a glittering White House gala, Abigail Cabot discovers the man of her dreams. Only, he's not interested . . . yet. So the gifted lady astronomer, whose passion for measuring stars has left her woefully lacking in social graces, seeks someone to educate her . . . someone who is a master at...  more

At a glittering White House gala, Abigail Cabot discovers the man of her dreams. Only, he's not interested . . . yet. So the gifted lady astronomer, whose passion for measuring stars has left her woefully lacking in social graces, seeks someone to educate her . . . someone who is a master at the art of seduction. Jamie Calhoun's handsome looks and easy charm have made him as popular on the Senate floor as he is with the capital's most attractive women. But secretly, he loathes the cynical, manipulative man he's become. Initially, he befriends Abigail as a means to a political end. But somewhere along the way the plan goes awry. First laughter and then love take them completely by surprise in this wildly romantic story. For a man convinced he's incapable of love and a woman who believes she can reach the stars, could this be a match made in heaven?

This sweeping debut novel follows the lives, loves and tragedies of three very different daughters of an illustrious London fashion mogul -- Caitlin, who was conceived during an extramarital affair, sent to live with her mother in Ireland and at the age of 15 sent to England to live with her...  more

This sweeping debut novel follows the lives, loves and tragedies of three very different daughters of an illustrious London fashion mogul -- Caitlin, who was conceived during an extramarital affair, sent to live with her mother in Ireland and at the age of 15 sent to England to live with her father; Elizabeth, a serious and ambitious blonde; and Amber, a free spirit whose wild behavior throws the family into turmoil.

THE PERFECT SEASON FOR FORBIDDEN PASSION... When plain and proper Thea Bainbridge stumbles upon a baby in the manger of her church's nativity, she is understandably shocked.  Discovering a brooch bearing the insignia of Gabriel, Lord Morecombe, hidden among the child's...  more

THE PERFECT SEASON FOR FORBIDDEN PASSION... When plain and proper Thea Bainbridge stumbles upon a baby in the manger of her church's nativity, she is understandably shocked.  Discovering a brooch bearing the insignia of Gabriel, Lord Morecombe, hidden among the child's clothing, she is certain the dissolute rake is to blame.  Incensed, Thea sets out to reproach the arrogant lord -- only to find herself utterly swept away. Gabriel is intrigued by the vivacity in Thea's flashing gray eyes when she accuses him of fathering the orphan, even as he adamantly maintains his innocence.  The brooch is one he remembers all too well, however, and Gabriel is determined to find the mother of the missing child.  As the mystery around the baby deepens, Gabriel is continually thrown together with Thea -- and finds himself growing more entranced every day. Even with whispers of winter scandal swirling around them, they cannot deny the longing in their hearts.  A longing which promises the best gift of all:  a shelter from the storm... in each other's arms.